Labor Express Radio

Jerry Mead - Lucero
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Dec 4, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 11-13-2022 - CTU fights for bilingual ed and railroad workers on the verge of striking.

This is the full 11-13-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Chicago Teachers Union holds a Dia de los Muertos press conference to highlight CPS’s broken promises on bilingual ed in Chicago’s public schools and, is a railroad strike still likely?  Members of Railroad Workers United discuss the ongoing vote on the rail worker's tentative agreement and its rejection by several of the 12 rail worker's unions. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Nov 15, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 10-30-2022 - Minimum wage laws, Chicago charter school contract fight, elections in Brazil.

This is the full 10-30-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, minimum wage laws at the city, county and state level are discussed.  CTU launches a citywide campaign for new charter school contracts. Brazil’s election could impact not only Latin America but the entire world. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong 
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Oct 30, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 10-16-2022 - Alianza Americas sues Republican xenophobes, UAW election candidates

This is the full 10-16-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights initiate a lawsuit targeting the Republican politicians responsible for the fraudulent transportation of migrants under false pretenses. Also, audio from the historic UAW Presidential Candidates Forum, the first direct election of UAW leadership in at least 70 years. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Oct 4, 2022 • 59min

Show: Labor Express for 10-2-2022 - Illinois Worker’ Rights Amendment plus was a railroad strike averted?

This is the full 10-2-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, I discuss the proposed Workers' Rights Amendment that is on the 2022 general election ballot in Illinois with Robert Bruno, a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor and Employment Relations and as well as the Director of the Project for Middle-Class Renewal and Frank Manzo the Executive Director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute. Also, Jonah Furman of Labor Notes discusses the recently averted railroad strike. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 8min

Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Ukrainian working class’s two-front war

This is the full 9-18-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Ukrainian working class faces a fight on two fronts.  While they organize a truly heroic resistance to Russian imperialism, they must also contend with an attack on their labor rights from within - from their own neo-liberal Parliament. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Sep 6, 2022 • 57min

Show: Labor Express for 9-4-2022 - Labor Day 2022

This is the full 9-4-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, we celebrate Labor Day with a little history, reflections on highlights of the labor movement in Chicago for the past year and a little music. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Sep 6, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Rank-and-File Revolt in the UAW

This is the full 8-14-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Rank-and-File Revolt in the UAW!  Scott Houldieson, Chairperson of Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) discuss the historic UAW 2022 Convention. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Sep 6, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 7-31-2022 - Labor’s response to the attack on abortion rights.

This is the full 7-31-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, the U.S. Supreme Court last month stripped away bodily autonomy for women and endorsed forced pregnancy - involuntary, unpaid reproductive labor.  What is the labor movement's response? Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Sep 6, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 7-17-2022 - Part 2 of Labor Notes 2022 Coverage

This is the full 7-17-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, part 2 of our excerpts of presentations from Labor Notes 2022, including the voices of powerful leaders in the labor movement like Sara Nelson of the Flight Attendants Union, Marcia Howard of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, Nolan Tabb of Unite All Workers for Democracy and Chicago’s very own Stacy Davis Gates, who now takes over as president of the CTU. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong
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Jul 19, 2022 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 6-26-2022 - Part 1 of our coverage of Labor Notes 2022.

This is the full 6-26-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, excerpts of presentations from Labor Notes 2022, including voices from the organizing victories at Amazon and Starbucks and a speech on the state of the class struggle in the U.S. by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

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